Techno

Next up in the Fast Forward Audio Series, we present: Kancheli

Giorgi Kancheli is a Georgian producer and resident DJ at Bassiani who has been crucial in shaping the country’s club culture. Growing up in the dark and crumbling Tbilisi, in the ’90s, has greatly influenced his musical identity.

Kancheli’s professional relationship with music began with percussion, and at the age of 17, he was already playing at the Tbilisi jazz festival. Soon after that, he got into electronic music and has now been an active DJ for over 15 years. In early 2010, Kancheli and his friends started the project ‘Stare at DJ’, which quickly became the main event of the country’s evolving club scene. Today, Kancheli is one of the most popular DJs in his hometown Tbilisi, headlining many major festivals in Georgia and performing at the industry’s most respected venues such as Berghain, Robert Johnson, Shelter, Dimensions, and CTM Festival.
Besides spinning the decks, Giorgi also writes and produces his own music.
In spring 2020, his debut solo EP “Earthshaketrance” got released on Bassiani Records.
Kancheli also co-runs the label Shin Records - a label focused on emerging Georgian producers.

Enjoy!

https://soundcloud.com/kancheli
https://www.facebook.com/djkancheli
https://www.instagram.com/dj_kancheli/
https://www.instagram.com/shinrecordstbilisi/
https://linktr.ee/shinrecords

Fast Forward Audio Series #69: Kancheli

It was so much fun playing this set for the wonderful folk at the first edition of the Celestial Festival :) Unlike a usual build-up to a set, since I was handed the room with great energy, I felt that momentum needed to continue for just a little longer before I took things down the trippy rabbit hole that I love to wander....a journey I hope you enjoy as much as I did ;)

Top sets also by Coco Cobra, BB Deng & Toshiki Shimada!

A lil something about the Celestial Festival and the amazing work they did:

This festival was curated to celebrate the Asian Diasporic community by amplifying our stories and voices by platforming up-and-coming talents from our community in this event. Their goal was to highlight the diverse Asian cultures through music, sound, taste, and visuals in the celebration of the Lunar New Year.
If this year has taught us anything, it is that the Asian Diasporic community is still misunderstood, misrepresented (by the mainstream media), exotified, and marginalized. In Germany specifically, there is a lack of awareness as to how diverse Asian identities and cultures are. The Lunar New Year festival is one step in providing a space for pop music and interdisciplinary art practices to bring the Asian diaspora together, raise awareness of diverse identities, and strengthen solidarity across communities (within and outside of the Asian Diasporic identity)."

Pooja B @ Celestial Festival 15/5/22

Chlär | Vault Sessions, BRET | 30 JUL 2022

Live @ Nation Of Gondwana 2022 [Bei Birke]

Blasha & Allatt | Vault Sessions, BRET | 03 JUL 2022

SEPTEMBER WEEKENDER 2022 - CLOSING SET RADION MAIN FLOOR

@vault-sessions-collective

Lobster | Vault Sessions, RADION | 03 SEP 2022

JUST ANOTHER MANIC MONDAY!! 6HRS OF @chlaer AND MYSELF CLOSING THE VAULT AFTERHOURS PORTY ON 04-09-2022 AT BRET AMSTERDAM! PARENTAL ADVISORY!!! XXXXX

@vault-sessions-collective

6HR CLOSING B2B CHLÄR AT BRET AMSTERDAM FOR VAULT AFTERHOURS (04-09-2022)

With the worst of the pandemic in the rear-view mirror, Danish virtuoso DJ Tool can finally get back to IRL raves, and championing a signature brand of techno that blurs the gulf between the heady days of 90s trance and present. This is his second round for the Bassiani podcast series, a high voltage return to his Copenhagen roots. They’ve fully grown: quicksilver rhythms that have to be seen (and felt) in the flesh, though this one’s a glimpse of that magic at home. Bassiani Podcast 142 is pure euphoria, a pulsating journey through the world DJ Tool and his Fast Forward crew built.

@dj-tool

Bassiani invites Dj Tool / Podcast #142

The air was sweaty, the floor was burning. 
Love to everyone in attendance. P

P.E.A.R.L. @ RSO Year One, RSO, BERLIN (20.11.21)

Bringing our final UNFOLD of 2022 to a close was a four and a half hour long B2B between Voicedrone and James Newmarch.

A rare, marathon set from the pair allowed a different approach to their playing; gradually increasing their tempo, giving more time and space to explore their collections, whilst playing to a main room that stayed at near peak capacity and energy levels throughout. 

This is the live recording.

UNFOLD XLV - Voicedrone B2B James Newmarch (LIVE RECORDING)

Three weeks ago, the evergreen sight of @JamesNewmarch and @Voicedrone playing back to back brought UNFOLD XLVI to a grandstand close. 

As their first ever ‘All Night’ set beckons ever closer we can now bring you this live recording in its entirety. 

To allow them to dive even deeper into their collection we have adjusted the event hours, with the night beginning at Midnight and extending all the way to 10AM.

This mix gives a mere taster of what we can expect on Saturday 18th March.

Final release tickets for Voicedrone B2B James Newmarch - All Night - are now beginning to run low. Get them whilst you can, via https://www.fold.london/tickets/foldallnight

UNFOLD XLVI - Voicedrone b2b James Newmarch (LIVE RECORDING)

We've let the anticipation build up for too long. 
﻿Hereby we present you the long-awaited, mind-altering 4.5-hour sonic odyssey perfectly crafted by master's Setaoc Mass & Yanamaste for our birthday weekend back in February! 

﻿Tune in and sweat it out 🌪

Setaoc Mass B2B Yanamaste | Vault Sessions VIII, RADION | 04 FEB 2023

A Sunday afternoon delight from two of techno's most beloved heavy-hitters arrives exclusively on our Soundcloud.

Berlin techno viking and founder of Dystopian Records Rødhåd and the young, accomplished and Mote-Evolver regular Rene Wise have released their 4 hour set recording from March 2023, a huge B2B session that saw the pair delve in and out of eachother’s company for our last Continuum party. They played an extended set during the final Continuum 24+hour party of the season this Spring. 

The session, which started at 4pm as the tail end of the afternoon drew in and went on til 8pm ahead of a closing set from Ben Klock and Marcel Dettmann, proved to be one of our highlights from the event. It's a real treat to be able to share the full recording; smashers from the get-go that takes us through the hard and heavy, to the atmospheric and energetic.

Lock in below and transport to the incomparable energy of Room 1 on a Sunday afternoon. Sometimes, we reckon, there's no place like it.

009 – Rødhåd B2B Rene Wise – Recorded live from fabric

The iconic 6.5-hour BRET closing from the Funk Assault boys is now ready to be listened to all over again. 
6-hours of non-stop, deadly funky goodness 😈
Just how we like it.

Photo by: @marcgalitski

Funk Assault | Vault Sessions VIII, BRET | 05 FEB 2023

Straight out of Paris, u.r.trax stepped up for this blistering set on RA's stage at Pitch Music & Arts 2023.

@urtrax

RA Live - 11.03.23 - u.r.trax - Pitch Music & Arts 2023

We've got a hypnotically pacy late-night techno affair from a rising Dutch DJ/producer. A fast-growing name in the European techno community, @lauravanhal's sets are renowned for their intricate musical selection, always able to deliver a strong and mind-bending groove. This flawless 60-minute mix perfectly embodies her style, showcasing an abundance of those captivating elements.

Glitch Podcast 041 / Laura van Hal

Philippa Pacho is back on Bassiani airwaves for Podcast 178. The dynamic artist behind positivesource and STHLM Murder Girls knows a thing or two about setting a crowd in motion. Her shapeshifting beats and unmatched energy fast making her a household name far outside her native Sweden and more recent Berlin base. Her residency at Stockholm mainstay Under Bron is about a decade old, but there’s not even so much as a suggestion of hesitancy or weariness in her work, carrying a passion that’s infectious, and as palpable in a club as it is on screen (check out her recent sets on Hör). Her Techno really is powerful stuff, a sustained sonic onslaught, an unyielding beast, hulking and formidable but also smart. For many DJs whose sound is so heavily reliant on bass to carry forth their message, a slip into monotony wouldn’t be entirely unpredictable, but Philippa’s cunning use of supporting effects and melody keeps even a 6 hour journey like this one interesting from start to finish. This up and coming doyenne of loop Techno really is a force like no other.

@philippapacho

BASSIANI PODCAST SERIES

Bassiani invites Philippa Pacho / Podcast #178

The Float Records podcasts series is re-launched and will be taking place every month from now on. At Float we’d love to see what kind of mixes the artists come up with Float Records in mind. That said, the artists have have full freedom, because Float is a place where we love to see artists draw outside the lines.

FLOAT RECORDS PODCAST 025 | Beste Hira
Beste Hira is an adventurous, strong-willed and motivated DJ and Producer living in Amsterdam, originally from Istanbul. Music has been a huge priority her whole life: she graduated from Ondokuz Mayıs University with a degree in Music Education / Conservatory, most specifically with the cello and piano as her main instruments. During the early days of her career, she started producing and DJing in Istanbul before she decided to move to Amsterdam in 2019 to pursue her vocation as a techno talent.

Within electronic music, Beste Hira identifies with the hypnotic, fast paced and dark side of techno. Her extensive musical training can be heard throughout her music production and DJ sets, where she meticulously experiments with sounds to produce her signature, and, most importantly, having an incredibly accurate intuition allows her to play out of her comfort zone and surprise some of the most challenging crowds.

Her knowledge and experience as an artist have allowed her to grow in Amsterdam's eclectic underground scene, supported by key Amsterdam-based crews such as Orphic (who invited her to become a resident at their events series), DeSchool and the famous Vault Sessions, as well as playing at the Netherland's most renowned festivals, such as Awakenings, Amsterdam Dance Event, Amsterdam Open Air and the upcoming The Third Room, to name a few. Beste's presence in Europe is growing rapidly, especially after playing several times at the mighty Berghain and other top notch clubs in capitals like Vienna, Madrid and Paris.

FLOAT RECORDS PODCAST 025 | Beste Hira

Mix recorded on MODEL 1 @ Time Warp - Mannheim, Germany 02.04.2023
Sound Mastering by Konstantinos Georgiou aka Kostas Richter

Tracklist
1. Translate - Metha (Original Mix)
2. Lakej - A Clean Slate (Original Mix)
3. Pyramidal Decode - 115
4. Marco Faraone - Why
5. Marcal - Robotic Thinking (Original Mix)
6. Rudosa - Back in the Day
7. dxrvo - Rewind
8. PWCCA - Base Structure (Original Mix)
9. Mikrotakt - Rebound (Original Mix)
10. B. Riley - In Through The Outdoor (Deraout Remix)
11. Dani Duran - The Key
12. Unknown - Heat That Melt
13. Amour Noir - Six Neuf Treize
14. Unknown - Franzk Jäger - All Nature (Original Mix)
15. Unknown - Lighting Tool
16. AAltinbas x Cirkle - Dawn (Original Mix)
17. The Advent - Format
18. Altinbas x Cirkle - Bold
19. Ignacio Arfeli - Activation
20. A. Paul & DJ Dextro - Sentient
21. Oliver Rosemann - SH-909 (Original Version)
22. Orly Gal & Sleepy Cat - Sahara
23. Chris Rubbra - Minimal Trip
24. Uun - War Cut
25. F Garciolo - Circus
26. dxrvo - Give Me Back The Sausage
27. Ketch - Fight Club (Original Mix)
28. Franzk Jäger - Purpose (Original Mix)
29. Edgar De Ramon - Acid Conga (Original Mix)
30. Alex Wilcox - 700 (Original Mix)
31. Toru Ikemoto - DONT PLAY 063r
32. Rudosa - Can't Work
33. Decoder - XX 12 A1
34. U.R.Trax - I can't believe (you're real) (Original Mix)
35. Debora Grzeszczuk - [in memori]
36. Jeff Cochran - Jig Is Up
37. Judy - Dantza I (Original Mix)
38. Uun - This Modern Abyss
39. Unknown - Increase
40. Ikari - Tool 5 (Original Mix)
41. Kernel Panic - KP003 (Original Mix)
42. Drucal - Delight (Original Mix)
43. Forum - Slippin (Original Mix)
44. dxrvo - Baseplate
45. Judy - Tartalo II
46. Toru Ikemoto - DONT PLAY 127
47. Alex Wilcox - I think I know I am (Original Mix)
48. Sam Duties - 999999 (Six Nine)
49. Teakup - Barreling (okocz remix)
50. dxrvo - Psyched
51. MzR - R2622 566 (Original Mix)
52. Obseth - Serendipity (Original Mix)
53. Paul Laurens - Whistling Pines
54. Son Of Magnus - Predicted Reflection Time
55. Jeff Cochran - Munch
56. Paul Laurens - Whistling Pines
57. A1, Ketch - Krokodil
58. Altinbas - Integrate The Shadow (Original Mix)
59. Fernando Garrido - Shy (Original)
60. Vekh - Tripping
61. Fleep - Cosmic experience 11
62. Sam Duties - G.H.O.S.T
63. Toru Ikemoto - DONT PLAY 128
64. Decoder - XX 12 A2
65. Alessio Landini - Amaro
66. Freimann - Shadowstep
67. Maccari - Fourth Wave (Original Mix)
68. dxrvo - Rushed
69. Mikrotakt - Endless
70. Kevin Ferhati - Desires 1.1 (Original Mix)
71. dxrvo - Demure
72. Kr!z - Tidal Wave
73. Gillianna - Introspections
74. Okocz - Batholith
75. Ketch - Fight Club (Original Mix)
76. Kr!z - Evil Eye
77. dxrvo - Move
78. Inox Traxx - DSF
79. dxrvo - Untitled
80. Ramsey Neville - The Polygon (Original Mix)
81. Subtraum - SF364 (Original Mix(Bonus Track))
82. Pulso - Saying 5 (Original Mix)
83. Matteo Martinelli - Wondering
84. 7XINS - Finale (Original Mix)
85. Pyramidal Decode - 115

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